Chapter 457: Finding a Target

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In order to transfer the enemy far away so that they could not return in a short period of time, and also to avoid being prematurely pursued by the enemy's heavy forces and falling into a crisis, the command of the Chinese People's Navy Task Force decided to focus on breaking through the interception of the Japanese fleet and successfully moving south, and then start the task of breaking diplomatic relations after getting rid of the pursuit of the devils, rather than starting early and falling into passivity.

Fortunately, because the devil never expected that the Chinese warships would secretly leave the port at night, and did not drive along the coast, but entered the far sea where the Japanese army's defense was relatively lax, and the detection distance of the two long-wave radars on the heavy patrol for the large fleet reached 300 kilometers (only in fine weather, and in addition, it could only detect the general direction of the enemy, but it was impossible to determine the exact number of ships and the distance and direction). Above, it was possible to bypass those possible enemy fleets from afar, so the task force successfully drove to Shanghai without firing a single shot, and then replenished it as quickly as possible, further increasing the combat radius after that.

Hu Weidong, who was in Shanghai at this time, was quite surprised that the long-wave radar was so easy to use, and at the same time regretted that he had been too cautious and did not let the navy go to war, but no matter what, he still resisted the urge to leave the two battleships in the town, and Shen Honglie and Ye Fei, who personally led the troops, conducted a study and discussion on the next actions of the first column.

Compared with the two men's proposal for fighting in the Taiwan Strait, Hu Weidong's proposal was more imaginative, and he proposed that the heavy patrol formation could continue to move south and carry out the task of breaking diplomatic relations in the area of the Bass Strait. That area is the Shili range of the Americans, don't look at the United States is now secretly colluding with the devils, but they will never tolerate the Japanese Grand Fleet to sail near their colonies, and although the United States is now secretly supporting Japan, but for China, they do not dare to completely tear their faces under the real threat of the Soviet Union, and the two heavy cruisers will not touch the Americans' reverse scales, so there is really no way to get rid of the pursuit when the first column can hide in the Philippines nearby, and the devils do not dare to chase into the control of the rice demon, And if the devil really dares to chase after him. It is also good to take advantage of this opportunity to transfer relations between the two countries

The tight organization of the Red Party has always been a headache for the Japanese military intelligence organization. However, Shanghai during the Republic of China period has long been a mixed place, even if Minister Kang is personally responsible, it is impossible to clear out all the enemies, not to mention that the entry of 10,000-ton giant ships into the port is still very shocking for the Chinese in this era. Such a big thing can't be hidden at all. Therefore, the Japanese Navy Command Department soon learned the news. The two heavy cruisers captured by China from Japan easily crossed the blockade line set up by the Japanese Navy. This undoubtedly disgraced the Japanese Navy, which was gaining standing at home, and the news that the two heavy cruisers would soon leave Shanghai made them even more uneasy

Shipborne long-wave radar can not only detect large fleets, but also civilian ships from afar. However, the problem is that it does not have the ability to discriminate, and can only roughly tell the officers and men on the ship that there are ships in a certain direction, and can only make a rough estimate of the type, size, and number. The most troublesome thing is that long-wave radar cannot distinguish between warships and civilian ships, and it would be a tragedy if they saw a target with a strong signal and rushed to kill it, only to find that it was a large fleet. The only good news is that at least ships and reefs can't be mistaken, after all, metals are many times more reflective to radar waves than non-metals

Although the largest target shown on the radar screen is theoretically likely to be the Japanese Grand Fleet, considering that the capital ships of the Japanese Navy should not have had time to go south at this time, it is unlikely that there will be a Japanese fleet in the southern ocean that is enough to threaten the People's Navy Task Force, so Ye Fei, who has now become the first commander of the Chinese People's Navy, did not cower because of a risk that could only be regarded as a small probability. He quickly ordered the two ships to get close to the target and turn on the millimeter-wave radar with high accuracy but short effective detection range to further investigate the situation, confirm that it did not look like a warship, and then continue to advance to visual distance, only to find that the fleet was British, and everyone couldn't help but be a little depressed, so they could only leave to find the next target. Interestingly, civilian ships do not have the same optical sighting devices as warships, so the fleet was unaware that it had been prey by the two Chinese warships

To everyone's disappointment, the next two targets were not the same Japanese fleet, is everyone's luck so bad? At this time, Shen Honglie, the commander of the fleet who was still the longest in his naval career, took the lead in figuring out the problem, and immediately patted his head and said regretfully, "By the way, I forgot about this stubble, with the national strength of the little devils, there is no too large fleet among the people, we look for it according to the goal from large to small, and what we found at the beginning could not have been the Japanese fleet, alas, it is all because the detection range of this long-wave radar is too large."

As a result, the first column then changed its thinking about selecting prey, and those with too strong signals within the detection range of long-wave radar were directly abandoned, and those that were too weak were also abandoned, because the value was not big enough, and the middle ones were singled. Because the detection range of long-wave radar is huge, and the Bass Strait is a necessary route for maritime trade between Japan and Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and even Europe, there is no need to worry about finding prey

"Hanging the plaster flag, this time it won't be wrong, damn little devil, the boat is actually so little (in fact, the Bass Strait is too wide), so we can find it." , Ye Fei let out a sigh of relief and said, if there are no more Japanese civilian ships that can attack, the effect of this operation will inevitably be greatly affected, and the pressure on the formation will be too great.

The Japanese boss of the three bulk carriers did not realize the danger at first, because the two heavy cruisers were completely in the shape of Japanese-style warships, and he did not know the flags they hung

After sending a warning telegram through the other party (the purpose was naturally to tell the Japanese Navy "Grandpa is here, come and chase me. After learning that the enemy was actually a Chinese warship, the Japanese shipowner couldn't help but curse the navy's waste in his heart, but he immediately sent a telegram to the Japanese navy in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, asking for help, and at the same time lowered his posture and expressed his willingness to pay for peace, hoping to delay a little time (to be continued). For mobile phone users, please go to read. )